Bid for your slice of a celebrity wardrobe

Peaches Geldof's dress, which she is auctioning off for charity. Photo: Clothes Aid

The autumn chill is finally setting in, which means it's time to get cracking with that seasonal cupboard clear-out. What to do with all those outmoded items lurking at the back of your wardrobe? Trade them in for a newer model, of course, and raise money for charity in the process.

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Clothes Aid, a company which collects unwanted clothes on behalf of charities, today launches an online auction offering people the chance to bid their unwanted clothes to win a celebrity fashion piece. Peaches Geldof, party girl and occasional TV-presenter, has kicked off the proceedings by donating a dress to raise money for the NSPCC. The bidder who has donated the highest number of their clothes by the end of the auction will win a slice of Peaches' wardrobe, whilst their own unwanted clothes will be sold to raise money for charity.

A new item will appear on the Clothes Aid website every Monday for the next month. Celebrities who are digging deep into their walk-in wardrobes include Welsh warbler Charlotte Church, Dancing on Ice presenter Laura Hamilton and designer Jeff Banks, who is donating an original puffer jacket from cult TV programme The Clothes Show, which he presented in the '80s.

Clothes Aid give an impressive £1.4 million to UK charities like the NSPCC and Make-A-Wish Foundation every year, but they are always on the lookout for more clothes. Fashionistas who miss out on the auction can still support Clothes Aid charities by filling up a bag with unwanted wares, to be collected from your doorstep. It looks like an autumn cast-off is the new spring clean.